title: A genetic study of the Identifiler(™ )System 15 STR loci in the general population of Nicaragua, Central America.
abstract: Allele frequencies for the 15 short tandem repeats loci D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D2S1338, D19S433, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, D5S818 and FGA (AmpFℓSTR(®) Identifiler(™)PCR Amplification Kit, Applied Biosystems) were determined in a sample of 322 unrelated individuals from Nicaragua. Statistical analyses were performed using PowerStats v12 and Genepop v4.0. All loci are in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and show high discrimination for paternity analysis and forensic genetic applications.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Center, Universidad Centroamericana, UCA, Apartado 69, Managua, Nicaragua.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vargas-Díaz
authors.forename: Carlos N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Talavera-López
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carmody
authors.forename: Jorge A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Huete-Pérez
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D009527:Nicaragua; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction